Africa’s Best and Worst Leaders

These political minds were some of the best…and worst.

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Best: Kwame Nkrumah  - Kwame Nkrumah served as the first president of the West African nation of Ghana and was one of the founding members of the Organization of African Unity (predecessor of the African Union). Nkrumah was an outspoken proponent of Pan-Africanism.(Photo: Central Press/Getty Images)Best: Alpha Oumar Konare  - Konare served as president of Mali for two five-year terms and was chairperson of the African Union from 2003 to 2008. He is credited with boosting Mali’s economy and fostering democracy. (Photo: Reuters)

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Africa’s Best and Worst Leaders - Upon the conviction of Charles Taylor for war crimes, BET.com takes a look at some of Africa’s best and worst political minds. —Naeesa Aziz(Photo: REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/Landov)

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